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Conversation. Some people seem like masters of the art'ot conversation. Others approach conversation with great reserve or even apprehension. Conversation is a means of human communication. As such, its effective use just might contribute to one's growth as a Christian person. But its ill use may create obstacles to growth. How is conversation employed effectively? Is it the person who speaks on and on with great ease who is the best conversationalist? Father Herbert Weber writes conversation allows members of God's family to make connections with each other. Father Weber, pastor of St Thomas More University Parish in Bowling Green, Ohio, asks what can be done to improve conversation not just in formal settings, but in ordinary ones as well. And he tells why this can be a worthwhile enterprise for Christians. Katharine Bird mterviews the Reverend Fritz Pfotenhauer of South Bend, Indiana, a Lutheran pastor. Conversation connects individuals with God and with each other, he says. And the professional counsellor offers tips on how the skill of conversation can be further developed. Ms Bird is associate editor of the NC religious education package. Suzanne Elsesser, a free-lance writer in Larchmont NY, points out what she considers some key elements of conversation. It takes more than words to have a conversation, she believes.
We were almost hopelessly befuddled by the bewildering possibilities of roach to take when we stopped at a service station for directions to a country school. Pulling into the gravel covered driveway with its antiquated, slightly rusting gasoline pumps, I got out of the car and the approached attendant seated on a weathered wooden chair titled against an equally weathered building "Do you know where the district school L,,.. I asked in a cheerful voice with a smile. HIS
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grin and teasing eye, "Yup," he said I laughed and instant!\ recalled th1, was the same fellow I had a, �ed
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dinner at a local restaurant She had chosen a table slightly apart from the rest so we would not be distracted We greeted each other with a quick embrace and got down to the business at hand: conver-
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Child was angry with her mother . The mother was an.xious
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1e11tlon was straiHd, said the RHeren4 Fritz l'fotenhlller. Meetinc witlt uch se,ar· 1tely, Dr Pfotenhauer ulled
them to 11pl1in what was
1oin1 on. The da•cJrter r..,. lletl tltat she "didn't kwhat to do. But she knew her mother was disappointed i11
her." The mother told him she felt her d1u1hter wu pullinJ awa,- from her and how ln1de�u1te she felt u a parent. Until recently, Dr Pfotenhauer said, the d.1ugtt..
tor hid shared freely with lier mother. As tlte rel1tionship deteric,. r.1ted, Or Pfotenh.1uer said, the mother ind dnct,ter llad 1otte" themselves into I "ch.1i1 reaction" situ.1bon. The more secreti,e the dauchter became, the more the mother, worried somethin1 wu wronc, prolM4I into her Ktions ind thotict,ts.
The rosult was they were •art off from 11<11 other aod the drift lletweeo them WM widenin1," lie uid. Tt ltel11, Dr Pfotenhauer llcled u "1
medi1tor, ,...,idi•I 1 11fe p1 ... • fer u,.., to e er into co11v1r1.1tiea atte1t tllltir
C041flicl lo ti.,., 11ch .. .,. to- U.. otNr lu Nw lict,t 11111 wu 1ltle to ldmit her owa fun 11N1 .. 1 .. rability 1loud.
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knesses and fears 1s very important in convenation, Dr Pfot111lla1er co•mented. Doi•& 10 "iwvites 1nder·
sundin11114 lluild ..,.,,.. ity ." It est1�1is�es 10 1tmos,hero of tnst. Dr Pfot ahMtr, • is ,1 theolo&IH Hd 1 ,ref••· sioul --llor, Hpl wt,y he sets crut store " .... onatiotL "It Is of oltJ. -· slpfficloce lo tems of
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and im1ch1ation.," lte said. 'tt makes u reco1ollise we are not U.. centre of tlte uni'"™' alNII forces •s to face eur on &oodaess or IKII of it.• Dr Plotenh- C11led COltYenation 1 "leok.i•1 ct•ss"
wliich un be •sett to look iaw nl for creat r •INI«· suodlnc u well • -1111, beyond °"™'l'"s to otken.
my c.:on,erc,.1t1on \\llh (;ail a "rear convcf"\a
uon' '-""hat helps to mak<: any con\er\at1on ,uc.;· ce ....\fuP fc\'\ thought, c..:omt• 10 mind • C}C: contact I find 1t ea..,tl',t . to tJ.1"'- v.,lh pc:n· pl� v. ho are look.in� at me It help, met get the sen.se that tht-y arc real!) h ten1ng to \\ hat I am saying and arc th•t I am hstenmg to wllJt " h<:1ng ;;ud. • body language. I'm much more comfortabl
c.:ount on a laugh "'ti n l\c JU>t told a JO•e') • n,k There\ not much ri k 1n conv r'iation� with old fnend, h<:cau.se
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I remember hearing about th people of a particular culture v,ho have man} pauc,ec, 1n thctr c.:onver.,ation.c, One party '")' '<Jmethong Alt r Ju; of her pmnt " mJde, the other part) ,ecm1ngl� stop, "'"""thong to digest v.nat "a., said Onl) then doe, th•t per,on respond
U1..u FalCNS curt..._,. Ste., �rtkorrsAi lets a ,..u fly "'1rioc • ,rlCflco sessiolt. Just as a ..,a,tetNCII alNI a recoiHr HH to -act, _,. ffH to -i wltt - ..- if .tfediH <HltrMtiutioe is hi H ••'-· It 11Hs I/tile potl for - ,..,1y to talk if IN - is HI /istNi•J.
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For most of us, con\·e�lions are rapid and without break. They are sometimes more hke twin monologues. v.ith each per.cm stopping onli occasional!) to t-atch enough breath to go on A first step toward 1mpr0>1ng the qualtt'} of daily commurucation L" to kn°"' \\TI) y,:e are partiopat· 1ng 1n a particular con,�rsauon • mavhe imply to fill tune; • perhap� for more 1nfonnation, • occa.s,onally to get to kno,- each other better, • �meume, to ra.11) the olher to a particular
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Conversation., become difficult and some ....tiat usclcs., when th<; are alwai for the same purpose - a.sklng one·s 'POUse "'hat happentd at v.orlc can hccome dull after av.tu le - or "'nen ooth parties are al cro,,·purpo�, There can be pa.in for example. �"hen one per,,on v.:arn, to hJ.re a feehng of excitement or d1.�ppo1n1ment and the other ":anl5 to explatn tht· mtncatc "orklng of a nev. machine ar the office. I am not \Ure if Je\u., v.'2..., ;i �ood con\t::l'"\3.llon· a.IN on a sense of hcong v.1tty and charnunit Th<: Scnpture<-t do indicate he v.:2..') n,.iti,e to real L".su� m con\crsauon and kn<:'\\ ho"'· to make connections '\\ith olher4i Tho,e connections can be made b} anyone
To make connections there must first be an abundance of listerung. whkh is much more than hearing the other person's words. A good listener tries to pick up emotional expressions as well as an indication of the speaker's purpose. Sometimes Listening is the opposite of !lJ'ing answers If someone wants to explore feelmgs about a.n issue, the most hkel}· way for another to p=·em an elfect"·e conversation from taking place would be to gi,-e a<h,ce. In this <ituauon. a<h, egnmg is tanta.mount to telling the other person to stop expressing feelings because they don t count. An often-skipped step m listening is danf),ng Painfull} mistaken a, sumpuons are often made. \1any ume� confu,1on cm be avoided "'°tien th
tn\·ohed take the umc to a.\k for clanfication of
v.nat " meant Often implc que uons !ll'"e th needed <.!tre<.:uon for a converwuon that can bnng peopl<: together Fmall) urning is appropriate for good com·ersauon I recall a \'\'Oman "no. 1n th mO',t ca.."UaJ con,·crsauons laid out all her ,truggles of the pa.st month \\ nat happened was that the others "ere not read} 10 react y,:arm.Jy to \\tJat y,.-a..., being
\ha.red Thu, lht:1r rt:'i)On'ie '\\'aS not "'tiat the y,·oman '\\anted and� f. It C\ n more t�lated tn
her p.un ()n a duh ba.,1\ \'\Care all gn n opponun1u to help t>u1ld bridg between persons Too,e bndge, or connections are y,:h:u e\:err 01.n'itian should trive for Often 11 is through the good use of ord1naf) con,·er,a.uon� that extr.iord1na.ry relationship are· developed
"Becau�e or its importance and because all other forms of cateche i, are oriented in some "'•) to it. the catechesis ol adults must hue hi�h priori!) at all Je,els or the Church. The �ucce,,s of pr011rams for children and iouth depends to a ,ignificant ntent upon the ,.onl • communil), espedall) parents. attitude • and action, of the adult 'llieMI l 1WClwtictll DlrffW)' ramil) and i:uardian,."
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1ettin1 "to know yourHlf well." This Includes identify· inc ind 1<ceptin1 strenctt,s 1nrd we1knesses, disco,erin&
whether JOU find it USJ to communicate with others or not, knowinc what your values and preJudices are.
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ent lives and 'fisiOftS of bein& hum.1n," ht said. Convef'Sltion also is an art Oich ca11 N impro,ecl. for Dr Pfote11h1uer, IR essential step to impro,inc 1s ,1 c0Rvers.1tionalist is
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ity," he obser,etl. For Christians, "llaptism puts us into I <Gmmunity of Go4 ind ,pie. Con,e,...tion 11lows .. to continue 01 community."
I told h r of th wond· erful part} m} daughter had gi,·en in \l.tuch her friend, made me feet 1nclud d, of th<: exchange of idea., hared \'\llh ffi) olde�t ,on. or J.n
unrelated matters.
• trust It is important for me to trust that the per"-On I am conYef"iiing 9rilh will with respond re,pect for my thought, and feelings I don·1 want my 1d<'a!> to be laughed at or to be ignored v.nen I am bemg serious ( And 1t
I was visiting a family when a four-year-old came over to talk. She was angry with her mother When I asked what was v.Tong, she simply stated, "Me and mum can't communicate any more." That young child's precocious statement probably parroted an often-repeated adult phrase. Frequent use of the word "communication,'' however, does not ensure that the art of communicating is being practised. Creating good communication becomes a Christian enterprise because it allows members of God's f.tmily to make connections with each other. It is no accident that the words "communication" and "community" are derived from the same root. Effons at improving commurucauon often take place in a rather formal setting. Families µther for a meeting about the qim.mer \'3cation. spouses pov. -wow over the budget. colleagues schedule a ume to talk over 1mporunt concerre, All those approaches are hdpful. hut they should t be th only times for communicating What ought to be looked at are '\\.l)"> to 1mpro\·e com· murut."3.llOn dunng regular dapn and day-out
Con,enatio• is a. tool for
enern ia be,ng defenshe with others," Or Pfotenhauer reported. "They dott't ..... to
our relatiNSbi11 with God, witlt OUrHIYOS 11111 witlt otJt.
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lion is akin to "two kids knin1 fun pl1yia1 utdl. They un4ersun4 e1<k o_.s rkythms, throwi•I I hll IIKk IM fortll, aow .. tchHI( a swift OM, Mw I IM." A cood c11,ers1ti11 is ujoyable, �e odd... for •Kk-."itfeelslikeyou ore olltlerstood ind nlllM ind )la,e siplfiunC<1, like you'fo llfftl stretched I llttle. YN're Ht alone."
Advertising Telephone Successful connrsatioll is akin to two people playing catch, say� the � �itz Photenlt,uer, pastor Ill the Hilltop Luther,11 Church in South Bend, Indian,. "They u dersund each other's rllytbms, tllrowinf , ball back and fortll, now catching , swift one, ·
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She flew into the water at Beatty Park and competed with the best of them. So much so that she o t ird plagained ces, three fourth places, a fi h and a seventh in freestyle, butterfly and individual medley, in he 13th aster's Swimming cha pionships held recently Per
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and training at 4.30 or· am. "I as about 14 yeari old at the time," sa�
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them in a apostolate in which few religious can be invo ved. The Sisters of Charity who came out from reland · n 1838 as a company of five sisters, were the first Or er to come to Australia. n They set up in Syd ey, expanded o t o various sub rbs of New Sout ale and Tasmathen Victoria and nia, Queensland. The Siste are not established in Western Australia. e ree vo s of They ta e poverty, c a ity a d obedie ce but add a fo , ich is service to the p r; a strong · nt of the
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life saving awards, instructors and examiners certificate and he Cabarita pool man ger asked her io teach s · rnming there which sh did. "In those days It s unusual to have a female coach so I had many o requests from tho wanted a lady mstru and from docto to asthmatics. 'I was mainly a w rnming teacher rather t an coach, but I had coachm squads before and r
She also coached b east stro e and ba stro e State champions. "How v r I felt th re
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Basica ly their work is welfare, includinq visiti ng of gaols, teach·ng, and nursing. They have some private hospitals and schoo s b t e sisters believe t eir work is among all ople regardless oft eir financial esources or cree . Potts Point Sydney is eir Ge eralate, e mother house, where t ey have a gir s' secondary boarding schoo and a small nursing home for ef red sisters. re urned the gift in 1960 n we were allowed to swim again. "Prior to hat we had a holiday cottage and were allow d to swim there twice a day," Sister said. "So I made the most of it and sp nt all day in the water, just emerging for lunch and back again!"
"I have always used my swimming time, because it comes so easily to me, as a time for prayer and reflection; a chance to clear my mind of the day's activi res.
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"The day I entered I swam up a d d wn h pool, got out to leav , but dived back n again. I did th s again, unable to ma e that final brea with the water, so this time I ran from the pool without loo ing ba After entering, Sister Val trained as an infants' teacher a d taught in Victoria, Canber a and
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For more than a hundred years British visitors have enjoyed the gentle winters in Sicily. Summer lingers late into autumn and we have even sunbathed there in March. For too long the Mafia tag has discouraged tourists. Seeing the happy pictures of Princess Diana and the Prince of Wales when they visited th magnificent Roman amphitheatre at Syracuse, many peo le are thinkin again of oin to Sicily.
Through ill health, she was forced to give it up, "the hardest thing I've ever done," and went into child care. "I introduced an after school program which operated at the Theresian emergency centre at Edgecliffe, which was being run by our Sisters. "I was there for six years until the centre closed."
DOD In the final year of its closing, Sister Val had commenced a welfare diploma and was transferred by the Order, while completing the course, to Sacred Heart Hospice for experience. That was four years ago. There ere no trained social wor ers there, wo being done by the assistants and staff.
"I assist people to ma e their wills. social security, clean up their i rooms they've left, trace missing relati es and friends, notrfy int re parties about their situanon and often arran th ir burials.
DOD "It s ood to do something for those lying t ere helpless. Any small thing you do is major in their e es a d can reli ve he stress which causes hem more pain.
"We work as a team where there ls a big emphasis, in palliative care," said Sister. "It is Ii e working with people at the other end of life. "They require just as much patience as little ones and just as much of your time. ''We help them to live, while they are dying ... " Sister Val believes her unique involvement in the sporting world, allows her to come into contact with people, a Religious may otherwise not reach. 'When I am at these events, people often come up to me and unfold their problems. "They need someone they can reac with a spiritual dimension, but wouldn't normally find in their daily hves.
DOD "Even thoug I am a wetfare off icer o ing · n a ice, ich is my apostolat , I find ha th this r r auo sid , it presents a different style of apostolate becau I am r achi out o so many ot rs.
After work, home, prayers and dinner, she gets to the club and trains again. Usually 2,000 metres in the morning and 2,CXX> at night. Sundays she teaches swimming for the As fie d Catholic Club, by whom Sister was named Sportsperson of the year for 1986-87.
ODO She has won the points score trophy for the ladies for the last nine years and the relay trophy for the handicap relay for the last two ears and the form stroke stro e. trophy (bac breast stro e and butterfly handicap) for the last o years. Prior to er recent Pert trip, Sister Val gained second place in ew South ales at the state championships in the adult Aussi asters. as ers c a p10 ships in Brisbane m 1988 a d inte s to continue s rmrrun finit ly.
"Because ou are enjo mg it a d enthusia re. others rela e to you more easily." Sister Val longs to Trinity Aussi Club which meets every ig t at rinitv Coll e Grammar school rn Summerhill, SW.
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